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Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Artist Watercolor - Burnt Umber, 5 ml tube

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Product details
Size
5 ml
Blick SKU
00323-8055
About this product range
  • Professional quality
  • 140+ colors
  • Individually milled with finest quality pigments
  • Kordofan gum arabic
  • Exceptional re-wetting properties

Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Watercolor Tubes are crafted for the most vibrant and professional results. Since their first patent in 1892, they've been continually refined for over a century to deliver unmatched quality. Made with the finest artist pigments, these smooth, creamy colors glide effortlessly glide across any watercolor paper. Each of the 140+ stunning colors is individually milled to perfection—offering a consistently exceptional experience for every artist.

Pigment information

General reference notes about pigments can describe other media (such as oil). They do not verify this product’s exact formulation or behavior.

Burnt Umber

Pigment code
PBr7
Type
earth
Chemical name
iron oxides with manganese silicates or dioxide
Chemical formula
Fe2O3,MnO2 or Fe2O3+MnO2+nH2O+Si+Al2O3
Properties
Burnt Umber is a more intense reddish brown pigment that results from heating the clay pigment Raw Umber. It has medium to excellent tinting strength and high opacity, and it is quick drying in oil form. Burnt Umber is somewhat more transparent than Raw Umber. It has excellent color properties and can create a variety of subtle, clear tints when mixed with white. It can tend towards chalkiness in dark mixes in oil form, but overall it mixes well with other colors. To create a black color in oil form, mix Burnt Umber with Phthalo Blue or Ultramarine. To achieve a similar color in watercolor form, mix it with Ultramarine or Payne's Gray.
Permanence
Burnt Umber has good permanence.
Toxicity
Burnt Umber itself is considered non-toxic. If contaminated by manganese compounds, it may be highly toxic if inhaled and moderately toxic if ingested.
History
This pigment gets its name from the Latin word umbra, meaning shadow or shade. Its full name is listed as terra di ombra, meaning earth of shadow/shade, due to its original extraction from the area of Umbria, Italy. It has been used as a pigment since prehistoric times. Currently, the finest umber comes from Cyprus.
Description
Chestnut Brown, Euchrome, Jacaranda Brown, Mars Brown, Mineral Brown, Raw Brown, Spanish Brown, Van Dyke Umber. Cyprus Umber, Turkey Brown, and Turkey Umber are the best quality umbers.

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